• How to check whether CE or Plus on CLI

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    Or check /etc/product_label /etc/product_name /etc/version. I'm not sure how far back those go though so if you have a very old version they might not be present. Steve
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    What problem are you looking for a solution to?
  • Reinstall of already installed firewall

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    You should only need to wait. There is a restriction on how often the instance can pull repo data to prevent DoSing the server. Or send me the NDI in chat and I can reset it for you. Steve
  • Pfsense is crashing, need assistance interpreting the crash dump

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    Hmm, backtrace is similar but not identical: db:0:kdb.enter.default> bt Tracing pid 96484 tid 100231 td 0xfffff8006f46e740 kdb_enter() at kdb_enter+0x37/frame 0xfffffe002eb0b630 vpanic() at vpanic+0x197/frame 0xfffffe002eb0b680 panic() at panic+0x43/frame 0xfffffe002eb0b6e0 trap_fatal() at trap_fatal+0x391/frame 0xfffffe002eb0b740 trap_pfault() at trap_pfault+0x4f/frame 0xfffffe002eb0b790 trap() at trap+0x286/frame 0xfffffe002eb0b8a0 calltrap() at calltrap+0x8/frame 0xfffffe002eb0b8a0 --- trap 0xc, rip = 0xffffffff811eef8e, rsp = 0xfffffe002eb0b970, rbp = 0xfffffe002eb0b9c0 --- vmspace_fork() at vmspace_fork+0x95e/frame 0xfffffe002eb0b9c0 fork1() at fork1+0x356/frame 0xfffffe002eb0ba60 sys_fork() at sys_fork+0x54/frame 0xfffffe002eb0bac0 amd64_syscall() at amd64_syscall+0x387/frame 0xfffffe002eb0bbf0 fast_syscall_common() at fast_syscall_common+0xf8/frame 0xfffffe002eb0bbf0 --- syscall (2, FreeBSD ELF64, sys_fork), rip = 0x8003ed8ea, rsp = 0x7fffffffe558, rbp = 0x7fffffffe590 --- But we see some errors in the message buffer: <6>pid 75760 (unbound), jid 0, uid 59: exited on signal 11 <6>pid 4613 (awk), jid 0, uid 0: exited on signal 6 (core dumped) I would guess that is pfBlocker updating except I don't see that running. In which case do you have a large number of custom Unbound values? Host overrides? Check the crontab for processes running at 8.00. Installing the cron package will show that. Steve
  • 23.01 upgrade no longer sees ada1

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    Yes that same fix is in the current 23.05 code.
  • pfsense as a client not a firewall.

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    In a virtual install like that I'd usually expect to see the LAN assigned to an interface connected to an internal only bridge. Such that other VMs on that bridge use pfSense as their gateway and traffic to/from them can be filtered. Steve
  • PFSense Release 2.5 + OpenVPN 2.5 broken? Any fixes?

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    @stephenw10 Hi, Upgrading fails in all cases I have tried if upgrading from 2.6.0 Hyper-V and 4 different PC hardware routers I have tried it on. I have two separate threads I started on that yesterday. in the dev section for 2.7.0 CE It used to work awhile back but at some point along the way it no longer works. You can't upgrade from 2.6.0 to 2.7.0 dev latest Well- you can but it results in an unbootable kernel or driver immediate failure when it goes to reboot. But works fine if you install the 2.7.0 CE memstick and then update from that. That is my work-around and I'm very happy that at least works. 2.7 openvpns setups stay up like they're supposed to :)
  • not sure if i configured Host Overrides correctly

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    That should work. Easy to test from a client using pfSense for DNS though. Just see if they resolve to 192.168.0.32. Steve
  • How can I troubleshot these log messages

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    @guardian said in How can I troubleshot these log messages: Is there any reliable way to tell if unbound is really hung, or if it's just busy reloading? Not really. Since if it takes that long to load the config Unbound really isn't running during that time. You should not use the Service Watchdog for Unbound.
  • frequent outages

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    @cappie thank you for the reply. i have updated the drivers and rebooted, appears the interfaces were updated successfully. i'll continue to monitor the status over the weekend
  • PHP Error in 23.01 at Status Interfaces

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    @stephenw10 Thanks! That did indeed solve my issue.
  • Xiaomi phones trying to acces port 80 of the firewall

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    Almost certainly just poorly configured by default rather than anything malicious. Any real attack or scan would be across a range of ports/services and wouldn't waste time hitting the same port repeatedly. If you change the rule to reject instead of block they might get the message and stop trying. Steve
  • GNUPG install on PFSense

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    @mephmanx said in GNUPG install on PFSense: organization background tasks that are backed by git repos for config and update purposes. Why would you do this on the "firewall" wouldn't those make more sense to do on some resource inside the org? What part of the firewalls role do these tasks help with? Problem I have seen over the years is people think oh well this "box" I have is only using like 3% of its cpu doing its current thing, why not just leverage these unused cycles for doing other than firewall things.. Is that the case here? Do you not have some other resource on your network that could perform these background tasks?
  • How to block a specific MAC address using pfSense

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    @johnpoz thank you for your reply and suggestions. thank you to all of you, guys. I really appreciated your help. Regards, Mauro
  • Upgrade to 23.01 resulted in no internet access

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    You can spoof the MAC address on the VLAN parent interface. So assign/enable that, if it is not already, and apply the MAC there.
  • How to restore config from 5100 to 2100?

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    @rloeb Instant turnaround from Netgate support!!! Got it running. Now need to update system version.
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    @getcom dang man! i feel for you. keep up the good work and keep those ruzzkies out !!!
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    @cniles said in Need hlep with Captive Portal. I had it working but I changed somthing and can't get it to work: but I changed a setting, and the captive portal will not show up Like what ? Disable the captive portal network interface ? (sorry, had to ask that) No info can not generate useful info. The sited "captive-portal-does-not-redirect" link above is not some kind of optional step : you have to follow it. Added to these steps, I'll add : Take note of the interface on which the portal runs : [image: 1681971276807-942cfca3-0303-4f25-9fe8-cef146119f31-image.png] and then de activate the portal : [image: 1681971216773-70cc5b63-b108-4050-97a3-8d26748331b5-image.png] and save. Get the network settings of the interface on pfSense : [image: 1681971426056-b417c976-ba99-427d-8536-c9e9633f9123-image.png] and that it has a /24 mask/size (to the right of the IP) and also check that the DHCP server is activated on that interface. Check that the resolver has the 'good' settings : [image: 1681971894303-939c028f-e592-4828-8fd8-f1232d078f52-image.png] Note : the SSL/TLS Certificate is a "don't care" here. Now locate (physical) on pfSense and test this interface. When you connect to it, lookup up the IP you received. It must be an IP in the portal network you've found above. Also, what was the gateway you received ? And the DNS. These two must be identical the the pfSense IP for your portal network. What are the firewall rules for the portal interface ? For testing purposes, you should use this rule : [image: 1681971621071-f70d6727-8d9e-4b69-8042-ea9c4c364def-image.png] Later on, you can change - or remove - this rule for more, restricting rules. On the device your using to test, preferably a PC type device, test DNS. It has to work. The above steps tell you that the interface works fine. If you have any questions, tell us. Btw : up until here, everything I've mentioned and showed is pretty 'default', no special settings are needed. You've probably figured out that my example is using a dedicated Network for the captive portal. That's because a captive portal is a special case network : it should host devices that you don't 'trust', as it is meant to be an access for visiting devices. Your own devices should be on the default LAN interface. This makes things easier to implement and understand. Its not mandatory.
  • Failover LAGG of LACP LAGGs (Nested LAGG)

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    @stephenw10 Yeah, I also noticed the error messages while trying to establish the bond on the command line. All my other devices are Linux based and there it is absolutely not problem to have two LACP bonds in another active-backup bond. This has been working reliably for years. I've been tinkering with OpenWRT in the recent hours, and there it's also possible.
  • Netgate 1100 high memory utilization

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    @steveits said in Netgate 1100 high memory utilization: ZFS ARC Thank you, did it and now it looks more "normal". [image: 1681939603740-0177cdce-1b2a-42a0-a947-6a7ec19f28ea-imagen.png]
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